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Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
